Matthew 20:20
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, worshipping him , and asking a certain thing of him.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, giving him worship and making a request of him.
Webster's Revision
Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children, with her sons, worshiping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
World English Bible
Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, worshipping him, and asking a certain thing of him.
Clarke's Matthew 20:20 Bible Commentary
The mother of Zebedee's children - This was Salome.
Barnes's Matthew 20:20 Bible Commentary
See also Mark 10:35-45.
Matthew 20:20
Then came to him give mother of Zebedee's children ... - This was probably Salome, Mark 15:40; Mark 16:1.
With her sons - The names of these sons were James and John, Mark 10:35
Mark says they came and made the request. That is, they made it, as appears from Matthew, through the medium of their mother; they requested her to ask it for them. It is not improbable that she was an ambitious woman, and was desirous to see her sons honored.
Worshipping him - Showing him respect; respectfully saluting him. In the original, kneeling. See the notes at Matthew 8:2.
Wesley's Matthew 20:20 Bible Commentary
20:20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children - Considering what he had been just speaking, was everany thing more unreasonable? Perhaps Zebedee himself was dead, or was not a follower of Christ. 10:35 .
